The gun had just been poked into the chest of one of the policemen. Then the guy ran away and down the stairs - before hesitating and starting to turn after creating some distance. It does not surprise me that in this situation they lost track of the gun.
In addition to the two police officers there were two maintenance people in the immediate area.
Press conference was held a while ago in which these were addressed.
That’s what the cops said. But the fact remains, according to the cop boss in Jacksonville, the suspect was unarmed when shot dead.
Seems odd, according to the cops the suspect dropped a gun at the top of the the stairs and ran down the stairs and gets shot to death by cops who were apparently at or near the top of the stairs where the suspects gun is allegedly laying on the floor. How did they not see the gun?
Who knows at this point.
But again, what seems to be clear is at the time of the shooting the cops shot the suspect to death without seeing a weapon in his hands.
If you’re going to shoot someone running away, it’s not advisable to simply assume they’re armed and attempting to kill you.